October 9, 2017 – October 15, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Center for the Study of the Drone Co-director Dan Gettinger spoke with The Economist about …
June 26, 2017 – July 2, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone In a podcast at The Drone Radio Show, Arthur Holland Michel discusses the Center for the …
April 3, 2017 – April 9, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. Public Safety Drones Police and first responder drones were once a sci-fi fantasy; now they are a reality, appearing with increasing frequency in cities …
March 2, 2020 – March 8, 2020 Please note: The Weekly Roundup will be discontinued on March 30 as the Center winds down its operations. If you are interested in receiving a continuation of this newsletter, please respond to the following brief survey before March 18: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/drone_newsletter “Unarmed and Dangerous: …
January 20, 2019 – January 26, 2020 At the Center At Foreign Policy, Center for the Study of the Drone co-director Arthur Holland Michel argues that the debate around lethal autonomous weapons systems should be expanded to consider certain forms of lethality-enabling AI. Top Stories Swiss Post announced that it …
January 6, 2019 – January 12, 2020 At the Center At Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Center for the Study of the Drone Co-Director Dan Gettinger offers a summary of recent drone operations in Iraq. Top Stories An alleged drone strike in Afghanistan’s Herat province killed the leader of a …
Top Stories Amid a dispute over natural gas drilling rights, Turkey will begin basing Bayraktar-TB2 drones in Cyprus in order to conduct operations in the eastern Mediterranean. The governing body of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot region designated Gecitkale airport in eastern Cyprus as a base for the operations. For the …
November 25, 2019 – December 1, 2019 Top Stories A suspected drone strike in Afghanistan reportedly killed five civilians. According to local Afghan officials who spoke with The New York Times, the strike targeted a vehicle in southeastern Khost province. In a statement, the U.S. military command in Afghanistan disputed …
November 11, 2019 – November 17, 2019 Top Stories A suspected U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan reportedly killed seven civilians. According to a local official who spoke with Anadolu Agency, the strike targeted a passenger vehicle in Paktia Province. U.S. military drones have captured footage that appears to show Turkish-backed …
October 28, 2019 – November 3, 2019 Top Stories Îlham Ehmed, the co-president of the Syrian Democratic Council, said that Turkish drone strikes causing significant Kurdish civilian casualties have continued in spite of a ceasefire in northern Syria. In a statement to reporters during a visit to Washington, Ehmed called …
October 21, 2019 – October 27, 2019 At the CSD In an interview with Larry Mantle on KPCC’s AirTalk, Center for the Study of the Drone co-director Arthur Holland Michel discusses the future of drone deliveries and how it faces some unanticipated challenges. Top Stories The U.K. government released a …
October 7, 2019 – October 13, 2019 Top Stories The U.K. House of Commons Science and Technology Committee released a report calling for the government to enact a range of new policies to foster the integration of drones into the country’s airspace system. Among other measures, the report calls for …
